Femund

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === (historical spellings): Femunden (1723), Fämungen, Fämunden (1734), Fæmunden (1741) === Etymology === Uncertain first part, possibly from Old Norse feimr (“foam”), from Proto-Germanic *faimaz, with the river suffix -und f, or -mundr m. Jacob Breda Bull theorised that the name might come from Old Norse *Fimb-undr (“fiver river lake”), from fimm (“five”) +‎ -unnr (“wave”), where the suffix had been used in the meaning of mountain river. === Proper noun === Femund m (definite form Femunden) a lake in Engerdal, Hedmark, Norway ==== Derived terms ==== Femundsmarka === References ===